About 8 inches (20 centimeters) of snow covered the ground and plants outside Braden Doucet’s Lafayette, Louisiana, home Tuesday afternoon. It's also cold. Much colder than normal. The temperature Tuesday night is expected to sink to 12 degrees F (minus 11 Celsius) and evening lows are predicted to be below freezing through Friday.

An arctic air mass will channel temperatures 20-30 degrees below already historically cold January averages. The South braced for a rare winter storm.

Blizzard warnings were issued for areas near the Gulf Coast as a massive winter storm hits the South. Nearly 250 million Americans are under cold weather advisories or extreme cold warnings.

On Tuesday at 4:04 a.m. an updated cold weather advisory was issued by the NWS Wakefield VA in effect until 10 a.m. The advisory is for Western Currituck and Eastern Currituck as well as Northampton,

On Tuesday at 3:05 p.m. the National Weather Service issued an updated cold weather advisory valid for Wednesday between midnight and 10 a.m. for Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties.

A cold weather advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Tuesday at 12:42 p.m. valid from 10 p.m. until Wednesday 10 a.m. for North Oregon Coast Range Lowlands, Central Oregon Coast Range Lowlands,

On Tuesday at 3:32 a.m. an extreme cold warning was issued by the NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC valid from 7 p.m. until Wednesday noon.

The Extreme Cold Warning is in effect until noon. Wind chills will remain below zero until Wednesday afternoon.

Snow continues to accumulate, bitter cold Wednesday

Here is the timing for the scattered snow in Nebraska for Wednesday: Wednesday, temperatures warm up into the upper 30s. Wednesday night, a cold front blows in bringing temperatur